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RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS

Mini Rukma Vimana Unmanned Air Vehicle

T. V. Vineeta 1, V. V. S. Nikhil Bharadwaj 2 , B. V. Sai Anoop 3, M. Sai
Dheeraj 4, Uday Kiran Poothota 5, V.N.Sai Kiran Aka 6 , Yarramshetti Deva
Harsha 7, Shaik Munna 8 , Sanjay Kumar Ash 9 , A.Venkat Sai 10
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Department Of Aeronautical Engineering , MLR Institute Of Technology, Dundigal , Hyderabad .
9
Software Engineer , Tech Mahindra.
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Department Of Mechanical Engineering , MLR Institute Of Technology , Dundigal , Hyderabad .

ABSTRACT
Taking advantage of ancient Indian Knowledge of Vimanas, the Mini Rukma Vimana Unmanned Air Vehicle
designs make a several advantages for many purposes as mentioned. The MRV UAV concept is proposed
mainly to create VTOL, the lift fans configuration similar to Rukma vimana, hence the name Mini Rukma
vimana Unmanned Air Vehicle.
Lift fans are the main part of the MRV UAV. They can be used to go through mountainous regions. And fans
are preferred other than wings for Vertical takeoff. The lift fans configuration is similar to Rukma vimana
Mentioned in Vimanika shasthra.
Based on Analysis for VTOL, UAVs are having lift fans embedded in Wings. But MRV UAV has simpler
configuration, enabling the UAV to lift off with fans provided at the top of the UAV directly connected to the
base of UAV with the help of Ducts.
The Direction control can be achieved by operating the maneuvering fans acting as propellers, the UAV can
move 360 degrees in at mid air in single position. Using the MRV UAV, the missions become much more
simpler and easier to be carried out.
Keywords : VTOL , Object Collector , Landing Gear , UAV , Rukma Vimana

I. Introduction : This vimaana is of golden colour. Therefore it is

Gravitational Force is one of the first important
properties essential for successful flight. To
overcome this difficulty one of the promising options
is to study gravitational property & laws by
considering air as a fluid medium. Just by using
Newton's Three laws of motion and Archimedes &
Bernoulli‟s Principal, it is possible to overcome this
difficulty. Another way by just simple idea that when
a body rotates about an axis with a greater than
Particular velocity, weight of the body decreases, it
will be becomes weight less at certain velocity. God
like kinnaras, Gandharvas and others like Ravana
have livingly traveled through air with special
aircraft. It is constructed from material that has very
high strength but negligibly small weight property
material. This type of material can be fabricated by
using nano- techniques.
II. Detailed Explanation :
Rukma Vimana "Atha Rukma Vimaana
Nirnayaha" (Next the principles of Rukma Vimaana)
"Rukmascha" Sootra 1.
Bodhaananda Vritti:
called Rukma vimaana, Rukma meaning gold. The
Rukma should be made out of Raajaloha only. By
duly processing, Raajaloha can be made to assume
golden colour. That metal should be used for the
vimaana. After first producing golden colour for
Raajaloha, the vimaana should be formed.
"Varna-sarvasva" mentions the colouring
process: Praana-kshaara or ammonium chloride 4
parts, wild Bengal gram 32 parts, shashakanda (or
lodhra?) benzoin? 18 parts, naaga or lead 20 parts,
sea-foam 16 parts, maakshika or iron pyrites 6 parts,
panchaanana or iron 20 parts, paara or mercury 15
parts, kshaara-traya or 3 kinds of salt: natron, salt-
petre, borax, 28 parts, panchaanana or mica 20 parts,
hamsa or silver 17 parts, garada or aconite 8 parts,
and panchaamrita or 5 sweets--curds, milk, ghee,
sugar, honey, these should be filled in the melter, and
after boiling, and drawing the liquid through two
outlets, fill in the crucible and place in furnace, and
blow to 800 degrees' heat, and then transfer it to the
cooler.
That will be Raajaloha, pure, golden-coloured,
tensile, and mild. The vimaana, made out of this loha
or alloy, will be very beautiful and delightful.

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The Peetha :
The peetha or ground plate of the Rukma
vimaana should be tortoise-shaped, 1000 feet long,
and 1 foot thick, or any other desired size. On its
eight sides, 20 feet long spaces should be fixed
underneath the peetha. At each centre fixtures like
birds' beaks should be attached with revolving
keelakas. Then double iron-balls or wheels, in
couples, should be fixed in each of the 8 centres
Ayas-chakra
III. Lallahcharya gives the form of
ayaschakra-pinda:
12 feet long and wide, and 8 kankushtas in
weight, they should be made round like a grind-stone.
They should be inserted in the beaks at the 8 centres.
From each chakra-pinda up to the electrical generator
chain wires should be connected with switches.
Batinikaa-Stambha (Button-switch pole)
One foot wide and 4 feet high poles should be
fixed. They should have switches wired up to the
electric pole. 8 inches wide wheels should be fixed in
the middle of the pole, on either side, with wires.
From the electric pole chain wires should enclose the
wheels and be fixed in another pole with inside
hinges. On the top of the poles should be fixed goblet
shaped cups with button-switches like half-blooms
with wheels and keys, so that on pressing the button
with the thumb the wheels in the other pole will
revolve from electric contact. Then the wheels in the
electric pole will also revolve, producing 5000 linkas
of speed.
Flying :
Due to this electrical force, the ayah-pinda
wheels beneath the peetha will beat against it and
make it rise and move upwards. And by moving the
switches of the wheeled poles above the peetha, the
poles will revolve with speed, and accelerate the
speed of the vimaana. By the concussion of the
wheels underneath, and the action of the poles above,
the vimaana will move upwards and gain height and
fly with dignity.
IV. Electric tube wheels aiding flight:
Above the peetha, naalas or tubes should be
fixed at 1 foot intervals. On both sides of each naala
toothed wheels 2 feet wide and 1 foot high should be
fixed with proper keelakas. Taking electric wires
through the keelakas, and passing over the wheels
and reaching the foot of each naala, they should be
attached to wheels 3 feet wide and 3 feet high. In the
midst of 20 naalas a pole should be fixed in the
centre.
Preparing a pillar 4 feet wide and 4 feet high, and
making a 2 feet opening in its middle, fix keelakas at
the top, middle, and lower end of the opening. Two
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keelakas with 6 wheels, with glass coverings, with
wires, and naala and leather covering should be fixed
at the lower end for attracting electricity. In the
middle part of the opening, for transmitting the
current, a five-faced keelaka should be fixed, with 5
wheels, glass covering, 2 naala tubes, two wires,
attached to 3 rods, and vessel containing veginee oil.
By the flow of the current the wheels in the upper end
should be made to whirl by properly adjusting keys.
In front of the opening a big wheel should be fixed
with gumbha keelakas. Similarly wheels should be
fixed at the foot of each pillar. On top of them a four
inch wide pattika or flat band should be adjusted
commencing from the samsarga key chakra up to the
front of the electric yantra. By operating that key,
power will flow through the wires, and entering the
key at the foot of the pillar set the wheels in motion.
On the motion of the big wheel the sandhi-wheels in
the naala-dandas will also revolve with speed, and the
current will enter the 5 faced keelaka, and entering
the oil vessel it will gather force, and passing through
the 2 naalas, set all the wheels in the pillar in forceful
motion, generating 25000 linkas speed, which will
give the vimaana 105 krosa or nearly 250 miles speed
per ghatika, or 24 minutes.
Having dealt with the mechanism for setting the
vimaana in motion, we now consider the mechanism
for giving direction to the vimaana in its course. In
the 8 diks or directions of the peetha, pillars made of
mica and shining like panchakantha, 2 feet thick and
15 feet high should be fixed at intervals of 10 feet.
On the pillars should be built the passenger seating
arrangements, and booths or locations for the
machinery, as in the case of the Sundara Vimaana.
The pillars should be made of mica only.
V. Its production is given in Kriyaasaara:
Shaara-graava or lime 25 parts, kshwinkaasatva
or iron-sulphate 30 parts, gunja or wild-liquorice 28
parts, tankana or borax 12 parts, roudree moola 8
parts, chaandree or kantakaari....solanum
xanthocarpum flower salt 2 part, purified shoonya or
mica 100 parts,, to be filled in koorma crucible, and
heated in paadma furnace with blower to 800
degrees, and then poured into the cooler, will yield
mica alloy most useful and attractive. Fashioning the
pillars or walls or partitions and booths, and fixing
the mechanisms for turning, circling, diving, and
manoeuvring, in the fore and middle and aft of the
vimaana, it could be moved in any direction as
desired.
In order to make the vimaana change its course
from one path to another or one direction to another,
revolving keelakas should be fixed on the eight sides
of the vimaana. Two keelakas should be made, purva
and apara, or right side and left side. They should be
fitted together.
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By operating it, the vimaana could be made to
change its course one way or another. In order to
operate the keelaka, at the peetha moola, on the 4
sides crescent shaped naalaas or tubes, 2 feet wide
and 2 feet high should be fixed. 4 inches long metal
rods should be fixed inside the naalaas on either side.
One foot wide and 1 foot high wheels should be fixed
in them. They should be wired all around. Such
crescent naalas should be fixed on the 4 sides of the
peetha. In order to set the wheels in the naalas in
motion big wheels should be fixed at the beginning,
middle, and end of the naalas. By turning the top
wheel with speed the wheels inside the naalas will
revolve. That will force the keela-shankus to twist
round so as to force the vimaana to change its course
in the required direction. [1]
VI. MINI RUKMA VIMANA
UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE
METHODOLOGY
Fig-1 MAV Requirements [2]
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Design Considerations
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are mostly
used in military applications nowadays, the UAVs
can also perform such scientific, public safety, and
commercial tasks as data and image acquisition of
disaster areas, map building, communication relays,
search and rescue, traffic surveillance, and so on.
A UAV can be remotely controlled, semi-
autonomous, autonomous, or a combination of these,
capable of performing as many tasks as you can
imagine, including saving your life. Nowadays,
UAVs perform a variety of tasks in both military and
civil/commercial markets. Indeed, many different
types of UAVs exist with different capabilities
responding to different user needs.
The purpose of this column is to give the reader
an overview of the large number of existing UAV
systems and R&D projects as well as the practical
challenges facing UAV designers and applications.
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Fig-2 UAV classification [2]

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6.2 VTOL:
VTO Ls A feature of particular interest in rotary
wing UAVs is the capability for vertical take off and
landing (VTOL). Although different in weight and
configurations, the VTOL UAVs can be found in the
mini, CR, SR, MR, and MALE catego-ries. Indeed,
the use of VTOL-capable UAVs is rapidly increasing
due to their ability to hover over specific sites and fly
at low altitudes in urban areas. These capabilities
make them favor-ites for civil and commercial
applications such as surveillance and reconnaissance
in urban canyons and indoors. Conse-quently, several
institutes are working with this type of platform to
aid their research projects, frequently present-ing
their results at events such as the International Aerial
Robotics Compe-tition organized by the Association
for Unmanned Vehicle systems Interna-tional
(AUVSI). Because VTOL platforms are mostly used
by research institutes and agencies, tactical or
strategic UAVs are unsuitable as test platforms for Fig-3 Rukma vimana Dimensions [3
their experiments. Thus, an interest and need persists
for designing micro and mini UAVs with the same Indians have always been unable to experiment
degree of autonomy as their larger counterparts. on our own Ancient Aeronautics, due to several
financial reasons, but other countries have used our
6.3 Dimensions Considering Rukma Vimana designs and tried to experiment, Russians tried to
As mentioned in our ancient scripts, Rukma manufactur the Rukma vimana Russian development
vimana dimensions are larger, because it is a manned based on Indian design of Rukma Vimana. Tests take
Space vehicle. But considering UAV applications, place in the Kara Kum desert. Book named Yantra
the Rukma vimana dimensions must be taken in a Sarvasva is being used by engineers to make new
scale to reach the requirements of Purpose according designs of aviation technology but it was very
to the type of UAV. difficult to understand it as its real version was in
Sanskrit however some Russians did used their
intelligence & succeeded.

Fig-4 Russian development based on Rukma Vimana [3]

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6.4 SOLUTION:
Indians can still work on Vimanas atleast by
taking the vimana dimensions in smaller scale for
UAV. As done by Shivkur Bapuji Talpade who flew
Marutsakha Vimana, an Unmanned Air vehicle,
which entirely depends on the ancient hindu
technology, sanskrit texts.
The Proposed Project Mini Rukma Vimana UAV
is thus done in smaller scale dimensions to
implement the designs of Rukma vimana. We may
not reach all the aspects mentioned in the Vimanika
shasthra, but up to some extent we can implement the
mechanisms of Rukma vimana as a useful VTOL
UAV.
VII. MRV UAV DESCRIPTION:
Parts of MRV UAV:
1. Lift fans: Lift fans are the main part of the
UAV. They can be used to go through
mountainous regions. And fans are preferred
other than wings for Vertical takeoff. The lift
fans configuration is similar to Rukma vimana
Mentioned in Vimanika shasthra.
2. Camera: The cameras can be used to record the
video of path the UAV is going through or any
disastrous incidents can be captured and help the
Fig-5 Rukma vimana [3]
VIII. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE
SCOPE
From the observed data and information, Mini
Rukma Vimana Unmanned Air vehicle would be a
better Vertical Takeoff and Landing UAV fulfilling
necessities of the missions. The Rukma vimana
mentioned in ancient texts when calculated the speed,
it proved to be a subsonic aircraft used on earth like
planet, using air, extracting from the fans and passing
through ducts at the base, the plane would takeoff.
The experiments can be carried out taking a scale of
mentioned dimensions of Rukma vimana, a
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situations.
3. Object collector: They can be used for defence
purposes, delivering the medicine to the soldiers
through object collectors.
4. Landing gears: The main purpose of landing
gears is to make the UAV land in any desired
location.
Advantages:
The main Advantages of MRV UAV in
comparison with other UAVs are as follows:
 Based on Analysis for VTOL, UAVs are
having lift fans embedded in Wings. But this
MRV UAV has simpler configuration,
enabling the UAV to lift off with fans
provided at the top of the UAV directly
connected to the base of UAV with the help
of Ducts.
 The Direction control can be achieved by
operating the maneuvering fans acting as
propellers. NOTE: The UAV can move 360
degrees in at mid air in single position.
 It can not only land anywhere but also move
on ground for various purposes.
Successful VTOL MRV UAV can be designed. The
three floors mentioned in the Rukma vimana were
used for passengers, but the mini rukma vimana UAV
can make arrangements of using such place in a
scaled dimension, to embed the weapons, or missiles
used for Defence purposes.
In scaled dimension of UAV, the lower floor can
be used for location of retractable landing gears,
middle floor can be used for locating missiles and
weapons systems inside the UAV and top floor can
be used to set the cameras. The main advantage is the
360 degrees rotation of MRV UAV which becomes
easy to attack the enemy planes from the back of the
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UAV. Or settings can be made to locate the several [5]. "A Journey from Vedic India’s ‘Vimana’ To
weapons and missiles in the entire circular cross Modern India’s Hyperplane" By
section of the UAV. This can make the UAV to R.Gopalaswami (Former Chairman &
attack easily and also escape from enemy planes. Managing Director, Bharat Dynamics Ltd.,
Not only for defence purposes but also the same Hyderabad) The Aeronautical Society of
MRV concept can be used for other missions such as India Hyderabad-Newsletter Vol-4, No-1
disaster rescue mission, the place inside the UAV can June 2007
be utilized for medicinal objects and also food for the [6]. A Critical Study Of The Work “Vymanika
victims. The bottom of the UAV can be designed Shastra” By H.S. Mukunda, S.M.
such a way that it can be opened at the central part Deshpande, H.R. Nagendra, Prabhu, and
(other than landing gear belly) in order to unlock the S.P. Govindaraju Indian Institute Of
container of medicine or food packets. Farmers have Science, Bangalore 560012 (Karnataka)
been facing many problems due to the unusual [7]. Sophisticated Flying Machine For Future
Weather conditions, there have been UAVs helping A.M. Mundhe (Head, Dept. of Physics) &
for this purpose also. But the main advantage using M.N. Waghmare (Dept. of Physics), S.A. S.
MRV UAV is, it has enough space inside it and Mahavidyalaya, Mukhed, Dist. Nanded D.K.
simple configuration with VTOL can provide much Kendre Head, Dept. of Physics
better facilities without the damage of UAV in worst
weather conditions.
Ancient Indian technology have been used by
foreign countries and it benefitted them in many
ways. India has donated enough of technology
through Ancient writings and developed other
countries. Now the time has come to realize the fact
that Indian Sanskrit texts provide us better
technology. Indians can still work on Vimanas
atleast by taking the vimana dimensions in smaller
scale for UAV. Inspired by Shivkur Bapuji Talpade
who flew first UAV, Marutsakha Vimana, which
entirely depends on the ancient hindu technology and
sanskrit texts.
Inspired from Shivkur Bpuji Talpade, who was
first to fly a UAV based on ancient sanskrit texts, the
Proposed Project Mini Rukma Vimana UAV can thus
be done in smaller scale dimensions to implement the
designs of Rukma vimana. We may not reach all the
aspects mentioned in the Vimanika shasthra, but up
to some extent we can implement the mechanisms of
Rukma vimana as a useful successful VTOL UAV.

IX. Acknowledgement :
Kavya Vaddadi – Design Engineer at Vaddadi
Engineering Design and Analysis Services ,
Greater Noida.

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[1]. "Vimana Aircraft of Ancient India and
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[3]. Kavya Vaddadi "Research on Rukma
vimana" International conference on Recent
advances of Micro Air vehicles 2013
[4]. Information on Marutsakha vimana and
Shivkur Bapuji Talpade given by working
IAF officer, Delhi, India.

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